Progress against the field
From Cape Town 2025 to Cape Town 2026, Gareth Ken Harvett got 2:51 faster than the field.
The clock says 7:40 faster, but the races themselves got 4:49 quicker for everyone.
The largest gain on the field came from Cape Town 2025 → Johannesburg 2025: 10:02 in 133 days.
How this is worked out ⓘ
A finish time moves for two reasons: the athlete, and the race — its course, its floor, its day. For each pair of races in a row in one category, we take everyone who raced both and use the middle of how much they moved (the median) as "the race". Whatever is left is the athlete. Doubles are compared only when the same two people raced both, and told as the pair's; relays are left out. A pair with fewer than 15 athletes in common is not shown.
Every race
5 races · 5 events
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Cape Town14 Aug 2026Individual Pro · Men1:11:0242/178Beat 76%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 1 2026 6:02 worse than the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:02 slower on the clock in a race that was 3:00 faster for everyone: 6:02 lost to the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:00 faster This athlete3:02 slower -
Johannesburg30 May 2026Individual Open · Men1:03:15 PB2/740Beat 100%
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Cape Town 13 Apr 2026Individual Pro · Men1:08:00 PB18/191Beat 91%
↑ 125 days after Johannesburg 2025 1:09 worse than the field Faster on the clock, behind the field Why ↓Close ↑
3:52 faster on the clock looks better than it was: the race was 5:01 faster for everyone, which leaves this 1:09 behind the field.
The fieldCompare these two →5:01 faster This athlete3:52 faster -
Johannesburg29 Nov 2025Individual Pro · Men1:11:5213/112Beat 88%
↑ 133 days after Cape Town 2025 10:02 better than the field Why ↓Close ↑
The race was 3:12 slower for everyone and the clock still says 6:50 faster: 10:02 gained on the field.
The fieldCompare these two →3:12 slower This athlete6:50 faster -
Cape Town19 Jul 2025Individual Pro · Men1:18:4251/146Beat 65%